As
we saw earlier there are plans for Kellogg's to release an Indiana
Jones cereal, but it looks like Indy fever is spreading to other
Kellogg's cereals.

Raisin Bran Crunch has a deal where
you can obtain a FREE* copy of the DVD that started it all; Raiders
of the Lost Ark! Just by collecting 12 Tokens from the boxes of
various Kellogg's cereals or just be sending 1 Token with $11.99 you
can get your copy of Indy's first big screen adventure.

Now while we all know about Raiders,
the box does feature copy and art talking about Indy's newest quest for
a lost South American city and its mysteries while being pursued by
evil, sword wielding spies. Indy fans will have start searching their
aisles in grocery stores soon as the quest for a balanced breakfast and
spine-tingling action is about to begin!

Thanks to 'Agent5' for taking these photos.

From Ian Brocklehurst, a UK teacher in
Greece, we received two photos from a nice looking Kellogg's Cornflakes
box with Indy 4 packing found at a local supermarket. The
photos are very blurry but give a good look at the lay-out.

Thanks
to Ian Brocklehurst for these photos.

Posted by Mitchell
Hallock & Gilles V

Indiana Jones
Special Edition DVDs Details

03/03/08, 1:38pm EST

Raiders
of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom and Last
Crusade Debut Individually for the First Time on DVD, With All-New,
Exclusive Bonus Features on Each Movie

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (March 3, 2008)
– According to the American Film Institute, he’s the greatest
action-adventure hero of all time – and his unforgettable exploits can
be relished by fans old and new as never before when all three INDIANA
JONES movies debut as individual Special Edition DVDs and in an all-new
box set on May 13.
Released by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Paramount Home Entertainment, Indiana
Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the
Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Special Edition DVDs boast all-new, exclusive bonus features that dig
deeper into the making of these cinematic milestones than ever before.
All three were originally restored and remastered in 2003. Created with
fans of all ages in mind, the bonus features provide never-before-seen
explorations of the making of these classic movies and showcase the
characters, action and extraordinary visual effects that have made the
movies indelible cinematic treasures.
Each film makes its DVD debut just days before the highly anticipated
return of the “Man in the Hat” in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull.

“An entire
generation of movie lovers will get to see these classic films in a
digital format that makes them even more amazing than when they were
first in theaters,” said Howard Roffman, Vice President of
Lucasfilm Ltd. “These new, individual DVDs are a
fantastic way to introduce young audiences to the unforgettable,
action-packed adventures of the most daring archaeologist in the world.”

Directed by Steven Spielberg from
stories by executive producer George Lucas, the three INDIANA JONES
movies earned six Academy Awards® and nearly $1.2 billion
worldwide. From the groundbreaking excitement of Indiana Jones and
the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) to the sinister mysteries of Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and the father-son adventure of
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(1989), the heroic Dr. Jones continues to delight audiences with his
thrilling on-screen exploits.
Previously available only in a trilogy box set, the three films of
THE ADVENTURES OF INDIANA JONES were restored and remastered to deliver
an exceptional viewing experience to existing enthusiasts and a whole
new generation of fans. All-new bonus content delves into the making of
the legendary series as the filmmakers and cast look back and a new
world of adventure opens up with
Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and others offering hints about what to
expect in the newest installment.

Indiana Jones and
the Raiders of the Lost ArkSpecial Edition DVD is presented in
widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1
Surround, French 2.0 Surround and Spanish 2.0 Surround and English,
French and Spanish subtitles. The disc includes the following special
features:

Raiders of the Lost Ark:
An Introduction by Steven Spielberg & George Lucas

Indiana Jones: An Appreciation—The
cast and crew of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
pay tribute to the original trilogy.

The Melting Face—A recreation of
the amazing physical effect of the villain’s melting face in Raiders
of the Lost Ark, including
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas commenting on the evolution of visual
effects and CGI.

Storyboard Sequence—The Well of
Souls

Galleries

Illustrations & Props

Production Photographs &
Portraits

Effects/ILM

Marketing

Lego Indiana Jones: The Original
Adventures Game Demo and Trailer

Indiana
Jones and the
Temple of Doom
Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs
with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 2.0 Surround and
Spanish 2.0 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The
disc includes the following special features:

Indiana Jones and the Temple of
Doom: An Introduction by Steven Spielberg & George Lucas

Locations—Travel across the world
to discover where the films take place and where they were shot.

Storyboard Sequence—The Mine Cart
Chase

Galleries

Illustrations & Props

Production Photographs &
Portraits

Effects/ILM

Marketing

Lego Indiana Jones: The
Original Adventures Game Demo and Trailer

Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade
Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs
with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 2.0 Surround and
Spanish 2.0 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The
disc includes the following special features:

Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade: An Introduction by
Steven Spielberg & George Lucas

The Women: The American Film
Institute Tribute—The three
Indiana Jones women (Karen Allen, Kate Capshaw and Alison Doody)
reunite for a discussion.

Friends and Enemies—Steven
Spielberg, George Lucas and
Indiana Jones writers discuss how they created the most iconic
characters in film history, including a look at new faces in Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Storyboard Sequence—The Opening
Sequence

Galleries

Illustrations & Props

Production Photographs &
Portraits

Effects/ILM

Marketing

Lego Indiana Jones: The Original
Adventures Game Demo and Trailer

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of
the Lost Ark has a running time of 115 minutes and an MPAA rating
of PG.Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
has a running time of 118 minutes and an MPAA rating of PG. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
has a running time of 126 minutes and an MPAA rating of PG-13.

Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is
part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and
distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Viacom (NYSE:
VIA, VIA.B), a leading content company with prominent and respected
film, television and digital entertainment brands. PHE is responsible
for the worldwide sales, marketing and distribution of home
entertainment products on behalf of various parties including:
Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Studios, Paramount Vantage, Paramount
Classics, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, CBS, PBS and Hasbro and for
providing home entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks
Animation Home Entertainment.

Lucasfilm, INDIANA JONES and related
properties and titles are trademarks and/or copyrights, in the United
States and other countries, of Lucasfilm Ltd. TM & (c) Lucasfilm
Ltd. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are
properties of their respective owners.

The Indy Race
Begins

03/03/08, 5:40pm EST

Cool Toy Review
continues adding to their coverage of the recent International Toy Fair
along with Hasbro updates about the new toys based on the upcoming Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

While puzzles have been a movie tie-in standard the box art of the new
ones based on Kingdom of the Crystal Skull look great. The best
packaging art though has to be for the Akator Temple Race Game showing
Indy doing the 100 yard dash with Crystal Skull in hand! These might be
spoilerific, but at the same time they're terrific to look at as well!
There is also a DVD game but it is not shown for fear it may be
SPOILER-ish as well.

So if you want to look, the images are here, if not do what Indy and
Marion did once and "keep your eyes shut"!

Posted by Mitchell
Hallock

Indiana Jones Room
Lights

05/03/08, 4:06pm EST

Last
week Indiana Jones was invading the food aisles on cereal boxes and
then toy shelves with action figures and Mighty Muggs but now he can light up your world - literally! Orders are now
being takend for room lights in the shape of the Chachopayan fertility
god from Raiders and another based on a crystal skull from
the movie of the same name.

While the site also lists pre-orders
on Indy beach towels, pocket watches and water bottles, one wonders how
the designers of these room lights missed putting out a set of Shankara
Stones that light up, not only would that be cool but scary away those
pesty Thuggees.

StarWars.com is taking an in-depth look at the
upcoming release of volume 3 of The Adventures of Young Indiana
Jones by spotlighting the creepiest episode of the series; Masks
of Evil. While not broadcast in the U.S., this was part of the VHS
tape releases of the series in the late 1990s, and involves Indy's
first experiences with the occult.

Indiana Jones is on a top-secret
undercover mission in Transylvania. The forces of the mysterious
General Targo have raided enemy and allied P.O.W. camps for reasons
unknown. Some figure that Targo may be building his own separatist
army. Teamed with special mission agents, Indy infiltrates Targo's
castle-keep to learn that the bloodthirsty general may be styling his
campaign of domination after the legendary Vlad Tepes. Is there more
than just a penchant for impaling bodies on spikes that connect Targo
to Dracula? With bleeding walls, spontaneous combustion and undead
soldiers, this is one Indiana Jones adventure you won't forget.

So, head over to StarWars.com for a preview and leave the lights on
if you get scared!

Posted by Mitchell
Hallock

It's Time to Party
- Indy Style

05/03/08, 5:04pm EST

Indy 4 party
products.

While looking online for birthday party supplies for our son, my wife
asked my son if he wanted to pass on his Ben 10 cartoon theme and go
for something else. He looked over on the computer screen and said,
"No, you can buy that for Dad's". I looked over and what did my eyes
see?

INDIANA JONES PARTY PRODUCTS! I
remember in the heyday of the 1980s seeing Temple of Doom
themed plates, napkins and cups with Indy holding his whip and Thuggee
sword looking for trouble or birthday cake, well 24 years later... he's back!

Birthdaydirect.com (as well as other party goods
sites) are starting to get Indy party supplies, now your Indy premiere
party will be all set! Though it might be hard breaking a pinata with a
bullwhip! The Chinese Yo-yo whips are cool, but where are the goodie
bags of snakes, rats and bugs!

Party on!

Posted by Mitchell
Hallock

TF2008 Indiana
Jones Toys Video Tour

05/03/08, 6:19pm EST

As
we said the guys over at Cool Toy Review have out done themselves with the
great photos of all the new Indiana Jones toys coming our way. Well,
just when we thought it couldn't get any better, not only have they
posted all hi-res images, but have now added VIDEO!

Great job guys and can you let us know
where to steal some gold - it will be an expensive year for Indy fans!

Posted by Mitchell
Hallock

New Cover to Tomb
of the Gods Comic Book!

06/03/08, 7:24pm EST

Tomb of the Gods
cover by Tony Harris.

I have received great news today, Tony Harris is drawing the cover to
the Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods mini series from
Dark Horse! Tony Harris is better known for his awesome
artwork for comic book series such as Starman and Ex Machina!

Dr. Henry Jones Jr. may be the
world’s preeminent archeologist, but that doesn’t mean he’s spent his
life in the library! Ready and able to do whatever it takes to preserve
the final remnants of history’s most significant happenings, he’ll go
head-to-head against Hitler’s elite who want nothing more than to
exploit objects of ancient power in pursuit of world dominance!

Be there for the beginning of this
roller coaster thrill ride of non-stop excitement as Indiana Jones dons
his hat, packs his whip, and undertakes an endeavor more awesome than
anything ever!

Indiana Jones sets out on an all-new
adventure that will take him around the globe!

Very special thanks to 'Yodazone' for
the comic cover!

Posted by Gilles V

New Indy 4
Poster on Sale at StarWarsShop.com

11/03/08, 5:28pm EST

The
Indiana Jones adventures continue this summer, and StarWarsShop.com has got the poster to prove it!

You can now Pre-order the Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullTheatrical Poster for $19.99.

An Indy poster wouldn't be an Indy
poster without the skilled hand of artist Drew Struzan, who has
composed artwork for each installment of the Indiana Jones series. Indy
looms large in the composition, as he should be, surrounded by some old
friends and some new enemies (we'll let you decide which camp the snake
falls into). This is one poster you'll definitely want to snatch in
time for the movie's release in May!

A special note to collectors -- This
poster is an authentic, double-sided theatrical one-sheet that is
identical to those that will be displayed in the movie theater light
boxes. In the past, StarWarsShop has offered theatrical one-sheets to
collectors before the film's rating is printed on the poster, which any
collector will tell you these days is the more common variation. We're
offering the rarer rated version to our shoppers, and will ship them as
soon as they're available in April, well ahead of the film's release.

They are also offering the official novelization of the film Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Rollins --
autographed for $24.99. The novel will ship on May 20th.

Included with your purchase of the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skullnovelization is an autographed bookplate label
hand-signed by author
James Rollins.

Thanks to Scott for the heads up.

Posted by Mitchell
Hallock

DK's Ultimate Indy
Guide Offers New Pics

15/03/08, 2:37pm EST

It seems some people were lucky enough to get an advance preview of DK
Publishers Ultimate Guide to Indiana Jones and from what we
can see it looks to be a must have for Indy fans.

First up there is a great 2 page
spread showing Indy and all his adventurer's gear and pics of him from
the comics as well. And for anyone who has ever had a cluttered desk,
well, you have got nothing on Indy's! Gathered from his various
expeditions we see statues, trinkets and artifacts all over the place.
Indy and his fans share that "collector's fever", as most fans have
similar collections, but of Indy action figures and toys.

Finally there is a new weapon added
to the arsenal, a switch blade. Now we can't see Indy trading in his
gun, whip and trusty pocket knife but this Italian made stiletto
appears to be the weapon of choice for maybe a 50's style fighter.

You can see the sneak peak at: the Replica
Prop Forum, and just have to wait to see the whole book when it
hits the stores in May!

As
Marcus Brody, might say "The pen is mightier than the sword", but how
quick is it when it comes to autographs? Last time Official Pix's
offereings of Harrison Ford signed photos (50 of Indy and 50 of Han
Solo) were gone in under 30 seconds! This time, fans will get another
shot, and even better a brand new Official Pix "Exclusive" Indy pose
from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, its
the one of Indy on the boxes in the warehouse.

Update: The pre-order for the second
Official Pix Indiana Jones Harrison Ford autograph has ben scheduled
for March 18th at 11am. A link for the item will be placed on our home
page here. We hope everyone that wants this very cool image from Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull will be able to get one!

After a record breaking 30 second
sell out of our first batch of 100 authentic-licensed Harrison Ford
autographs, we are very proud to announce that Mr. Ford has just agreed
to do three additional signings over the course of the next three
months!

All three Official Pix signings will
be limited to 50 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
LE prints, and 50 Star Wars photos.

Official Pix is extremely proud to
announce these followup signings with blockbuster actor - Harrison Ford
and hope that these signings will lead to additional opportunities down
the road. Pre-order details for round two will be posted here and at officialpix.com
as early as next week!

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull hits theaters May 22nd!

On a visit to my local bookstore, I made a great find for getting the
new generation into the literary versions of Indiana Jones - all in
volume. Borders bookstores has an exclusive hard cover edition of Indiana
Jones - The Collector's Edition by Scholastic books. As mentioned
in an earlier report, Scholastic has released versions of Indy's
earlier aimed at younger readers. This Borders exclusive features Indiana
Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark by Ryder Windham, Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom by Suzanne Weyn, and Indiana Jones
and the Last Crusade, again by Ryder Windham. The Temple of Doom
even includes a new introduction identifying Lao Che's diamond as none
other than the Eye of the Peacock diamond which Indy pursued after the
end of WWI in the television film; Young
Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye.

The 657 page book also features 24
pages of color images, divided into 3 sets of eight pages featuring
images from the respective films, with comments on the pages, like "If
adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones", and "Can you keep up
with the Joneses?" done in the Raiders type style.

For a cover price of only $13.99 (US)
this is a great edition to add to any Indy fan's library. Look for it
at Border's bookstores.

Posted by Mitchell
Hallock

First shots of New
Indiana Jones Pinball Game

18/03/08, 3:57pm EST

Pinball
backglass image.

If you ever had the chance to put some coins in the 1993 Williams'
Indiana Jones pinball game you know what a fantastic time it was.
Well, for those of you who remember that experience, or for those
looking to take up the Indy challenge once again in an arcade prepare
for the new adventures of Indiana Jones pinball style!

Due to hit arcades to coincide with
the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
in May, this new game by Stern Pinball combines all four of Indy's big
screen adventures for some bumper banging, flipper-flipping, steel ball
bouncing fun! Pinball News has posted details and images of the
new Indiana Jones pinball game!

Thanks to Matt and Brandon for the
e-mails alerting us to the new pinball fun!

Posted by Mitchell
Hallock

Topps TV Shows
Indy Sketch Cards

18/03/08, 4:19pm EST

What
began with Marvel Comics legendary artist John Romita, Topps
Trading Cards unleashed a unique one-of-a-kind chase cards that has had
art and trading cards fan searching packs for years. From Marvel
to Star Wars, from Lord of the Rings to Heroes,
these subsets of cards are a proven hit, so it is only fitting that
Indiana Jones enters the fold with cards drawn by top in artists.

In the Topps
TV video, you not only see samples of the new Indy cards, but hear
from artist Michael Duron who jumped "up and down" when he got this
latest assignment... drawing his hero - Indiana Jones. With Michael's
work, alongside many of the other artist we have been profiling like
Matt Busch, Trevor Grove, Adam Hughes and others this latest set of Indiana Jones Heritage Cards which come out
Wednesday March 19th will be flying off store shelves!

Plus, in May there will be Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Topps cards with even
more great cards and autographs randomly inserted from Harrison Ford,
Karen Allen, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Kathleen
Kennedy and others so be on the look for them!

March
19, 2008 -- After a nearly 25-year hiatus, Topps is back together with
Indiana Jones.

The storied card marketer, who offered
Raiders of the Lost Ark cards in
1981 and Temple of Doom cards in 1984, plans an ongoing program
around everyone’s favorite action-adventure hero.

In comic and hobby stores today, Indiana
Jones Heritage takes a retrospective look back at the original movies –
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple
of Doom and The Last Crusade. Complete with packaging and
card designs inspired by Topps earlier work with the property, Indiana Jones Heritage has a decidedly vintage,
“old school” feel. Many memorable, iconic scenes are included in this
90-card, triple movie treat. Plus, reminiscent of Topps cards from
yesteryear, packs include one piece of bubble gum.

ToppsTV's
new video, which spotlights the company’s artist sketch cards, has just
debuted on multiple sites, including YouTube and Veoh.com. It most
prominently features Topps' latest series to include sketches – Indiana
Jones Heritage. This video explains what sketch cards are, explores
their history and includes an interview with one of the sketch artists.

The second phase of the program
commences prior to the theatrical release of the new movie, Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. While the film
premieres in theaters on Memorial Day weekend, Topps will ship its
all-movie series to hobby, specialty and mass merchandisers on May 1. Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie cards promise to
be a worthy companion to the highly anticipated film and a treasured
keepsake for years to come.

The Indiana Jones property has
inspired many talented artists whose work has adorned familiar movie
posters as well as the covers of numerous books and comics. A fine
selection of these breathtaking images – plus newly commissioned,
never-before-seen works – will comprise the program’s third card
series, Indiana Jones Masterpieces. Planned for release around
the holidays, Indiana Jones Masterpieces follows in the
tradition of Topps’ highly successful, all-art-based Lord of the
Rings Masterpieces.

"The marketplace
is enormously excited that we’re back in business with Indiana Jones,"
states Ira Friedman, Topps VP of Publishing. "It
helps that most of our customers are fans who grew up on the original
films and, just like Star Wars (another Lucas creation), consider these
properties near and dear to their hearts", says Friedman.

A look at some of
the Indy Sketch Cards

19/03/08, 4:24pm EST

If
you don't have the time or money to chase down every one of the new
Indiana Jones Heritage sketch cards randomly inserted 1 in boxes of the
new cards, /Film is showing the sketch cards by the following
artists:

I was waiting for my kids to get home from school with feverish
excitement, counting down the seconds to rip open the new Topps Indiana Jones Heritage card set! The door opened,
the backpacks were thrown down, our dog, Indiana, did his customary
welcome tackle and then we were off! Ripping the package featuring the
classic Richard Amsel one sheet image made me remember the summer of
1981, when I last did this - same artwork, but a better wrapper! New
images of the classic films, Raiders, Temple and for
the first time Last Crusade! Poster artwork, pre-production
sketches from comic legend Jim Steranko, and so much more! We went
through the cards calling out; "Hey, look at this poster art!", "Cool,
it's Short Round!", "Is this an artwork card?", "and "Did you find it
yet?"

Then it happened as it always does...

My eldest son, Spencer, has luck like
no other person I know... his first concert, he shakes Bruce
Springsteen's hand and gets his guitar pick, he had Bill Murray sing
him "Happy Birthday" at age 5 at a picnic, met two of the fourteen
astronauts to walk on the moon, gets picked to be a movie extra, and
always... I mean always pulls the special card out of a pack of cards!
It wasn't Harrison Ford, Karel Allen or Kate Capshaw, I have those...
but there was one autograph I never had -- until today! He pulls out
the John Rhys-Davies autograph card and said ; "Do you want Sallah?"

So, a successful card searching day,
more a complete set of 90, a sequential card, an autograph, a Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull preview card -- and my other son, Owen was
thrilled to have so much bubble gum!

Get out there an buy some packs - they
are great!

Posted by Mitchell
Hallock with help from my sons Spencer and Owen!

Indy Sketch Cards
by Patrick Schoenmaker

19/03/08, 6:23pm EST

Frequent
visitors will definitely recognize the name and work of Patrick
Schoenmaker as he is the creator of two amazing header illustrations
for TheRaider.net (see the top of this page!) but Patrick is
also a contributor to Topps' Indiana Jones Heritage sketch
cards series!

Dutch artist Patrick Schoenmaker has
illustrated 40 sketch cards for the series, all in his great and unique
style, and you can now view most of his sketch cards online at his The Trumpet Parade blog!

Click on the images for a closer look
at Patrick's sketch cards.

Special thanks to Patrick Schoenmaker
for sharing his sketch cards! You can view more of his Indiana Jones
artwork here.

And you can still view the amazing
Indy sketch cards by artists Trevor
Grove and Adam
Hughes here on TheRaider.net.

For even more Indy sketch cards; StarWars.com has published a great article, and
images, on another Indiana Jones Heritage sketch artist named Joe Corroney!
Also definitely worth checking out.

Posted by Gilles V

Young Indy
on DVD: A Tour of Volume 3; Disc 4

20/03/08, 3:37pm EST

This
time we get to see another unaired episode of Young Indy
featuring him in the post-WWI years, and meeting such notable
celebrities like Paul Robeson in an episode dealing with racism. Here's
a description:

Winds of Change
(1:36:54)

Disheartened to see the mistakes of
the old world repeated in Europe, Indy returns to the U.S. On the
steamer trip across the Atlantic, he meets and courts a beautiful young
New York aristocratic named Amy. Back in Princeton, Indy takes a summer
job helping Professor Robert Goddard, a scientific genius determined to
cast aside preconceived notions of altitude calculations and rocketry
to envision a future where mankind can break gravity's bonds and leave
the Earth.
Not everyone can be so forward thinking, though. Indy again sees the
ugliness of racism as he takes his good friend, Paul Robeson, into New
York to meet Amy and runs afoul of small-minded thugs who have trouble
seeing whites and colored people socializing together. Compounding
Indy's frustrations is the frosty reception his father gives him when,
after four long years of war, they are finally reunited. The elder
Jones still treats Indy as a child and refuses to listen to his worldly
insights gained from his experiences abroad, which leads to a volcanic
confrontation between father and son which sets them on separate paths,
not to cross again for almost twenty years.

Hasbro
toys recently answered some questions from toy collectors, more
specifically, Indy toy collectors and here's what they said:

Private Universe: With
the success of the Battle Pack format in the Star Wars line,
can we expect to see something similar for Indy? "Rope Bridge Showdown"
containing Indy, the aforementioned rope bridge, Thuggee's and
crocodiles would be neat! You've already introduced the concept of
multi-packs of army builders with the German Soldier 2-pack (and fans
are loving you for it), so the recreation of specific scenes with some
environment elements thrown in would certainly be well-received.

Hasbro: We are
looking at some IJ battle pack concepts, and the one you mention is a
possibility either for the Deluxe assortment or battle packs at some
future point.

Private Universe:
The figures in the Indy line all appear to have ball-jointed heads. The
customising-orientated among us would like to know if the neck
posts/ball and sockets are of similar dimensions so that quick swaps
can be achieved (eg, Indy head on a German Soldier body = instant Indy
in German Soldier Disguise / Cario Indy head on KotCS jacketless Indy
body = super-articulated Cairo Indy) ?

Hasbro: We have
sculpted IJ with standard head and neck post sizes, but as with Star
Wars, our Asian engineering team and the factory do what they feel
is needed for production of the figure. This means that some figures
change in neck post size and they won't always be consistent. Since
timely manufacturing and durability are two of our most important
parameters, we often give ground on some of the more minor issues like
universal part sizes.

Like
the Mickey and friends Star Wars figures before him, Indy is
getting the mouse treatment too. EndorExpress.com has a photo of Mickey Indy with a
golden idol that will be available at the park starting in May.
This is a 3 3/4" series articulated action figure with an approximate
retail of $9.95.

If Indy fans had a tough time figuring out which 12" line of Indy
figures to get, well their choices just got more diverse. Adding to the
Hasbro and Sideshow line will be MediCon with new Indiana Jones
figures, starting with Indy and his Dad. Cool Toy Review has a picture of the new figures
that should be available this summer.

And
no, this isn't an April Fool's joke -- IndianaJonesShop.com,
the new online store for all things Indy, will be offering scores of
new exclusives and products when it opens its virtual doors in one week
-- mark your calendars now!!!

Why, you ask, should you show up for
IndianaJonesShop's grand opening? Because a bunch of limited exclusives
will be posted on opening day, with 10% knocked off all products
between 12:01 am EST and 8:59 pm EST! Not only that, there's a special
gift with purchases over $100 while supplies last (more on that in a
moment). But like all things Indy, you just gotta check out what's
(literally) in-store for the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull!

While StarWarsShop has offered a
limited selection of Indiana Jones wares over the past year, you've now
got a retail destination for all things Indy -- no need to search
through riff-raff to locate those Indy treasures!

IndianaJonesShop.com
will be launching with over 100 products, adding new items every week.
There's no doubt about it -- IndianaJonesShop is the new home of Indy
products -- exclusives, vintage, new, and imported!

In addition to a 10% discount on all
Indy products opening day, orders totaling $100 and over will receive a
vintage issue of Marvel's original Indiana Jones comic book series for
free. A fresh stash of these were recently discovered within
Lucasfilm's own Licensing Archives, and were set aside exclusively for
this launch event.

Here's a little bit of what you can
expect to find when IndianaJonesShop launches April 1st:

Don't be counted a fool April 1st --
make sure your browser is locked to IndianaJonesShop.com anytime
between 12:01 am EST and 8:59 pm EST to get the launch-day discount and
free gift while supplies last!

Remember
when Indy and Short Round were playing (or rather cheating at a game of
cards on the way to Pankot Palace? Well, you can play cards with
Indiana Jones too -- literally! Photos of the new Indiana Jones playing
cards have surfaced on the net and players can choose from Crystal
Skull or Original Trilogy sets. Just be careful who you are
playing with!

The March 25th episode of Sideshow Radio features an intriguing inside look
at the making of our new Indiana Jones 12-inch figure. Listen as Kevin
Ellis from their Cut and Sew Department, talks about the clothing and
what goes into the creation to the jacket.
Kevin talks about asking Indy costume expert Keith Carter who talks
about the subtle differences from each movie and the such attention to
detail as the length of the pockets! From zippers to shirts and pants
to the Mark -7 gas mask bag - this 12" Indy has it all!

Take a listen
and you will soon see what is coming your way from the folks at Sideshow!
Download it and give it a listen.

Posted by Mitchell
Hallock

Indiana Jones
Gentle Giant Exclusives

28/03/08, 4:53pm EST

One of the things that I will be searching for next month, as I make my
way through the cavernous halls of the Jacob Javits Center for the
third annual New York City Comic Con, will be the exclusive offerings
from Gentle
Giant. While Gentle Giant's Indy on horse statue and mini-bust are
due in July, I just received this information regarding the
paperweights modeled after the Indy 4 "crate" teaser poster seen at
last year's San Diego Comic Con. Here's the details from their recent
email:

On Friday, April 18th and continuing
through Sunday, April 20th. Come out and visit Gentle Giant Ltd at
booth 923! There you will find the Indiana Jones and
New York Comic Con Exclusive(s)

Indiana Jones Artifact Crate
Paperweight (3 collections) $35 each
Each crate features a detachable magnetic whip and fedora, a removable
crate lid and rubber snakes. Collections are randomly packed.
Every crate will contain one of three artifact collections.
Collection 1 includes: the Golden Idol and Temple Tablet.
Collection 2 includes: the Sankara Stones and Holy Grail Cup.
Collection 3 includes the Crystal Skull.

*** Due to unavoidable delays in
production,Gentle Giant is NOT taking pre-orders for pick ups at New
York Comic Con. All exclusive products available at the show will be
allocated daily so there will be product available to attendees for all
3 days of the show.

Sales of products will begin 1 hour
after the show opens to the general public daily (see below.) Exhibitors
will only be allowed to purchase on Sunday, April 20th.

However, if you are a Premier Guild
Member, we will have the exclusive products debuted at NYCC available
for purchase on our website approximately 1 week after the convention
ends. More information will be sent out regarding the details of this
offer.

Well, let's see if some lucky Indy
fans (like me -- I hope) walk off with the Gentle Giant
exclusives!

Posted by Mitchell
Hallock

Snacks! Why did it
have to be snacks!

28/03/08, 7:11pm EST

A
quick stop at your local supermarket can turn into a challenge for the
taste buds, as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
tie-ins are appearing on everything from cereals to snack crackers. But
as my stomach growled louder than the rolling boulder at the beginning
of Raiders I held my ground, and passed over some of the
"action filled" cereals from Kellogg's that filled the aisle end cap
display. As I stared the tiger (Tony the Tiger wearing a fedora on
Frosted Flakes) down, I made my decision, and carefully balanced
different boxes of cereals, as not to have them come tumbling down. I
chose wisely, as it was a two boxes for $6.00 sale, and picked up my
box of Frosted Flakes and Cocoa Krispes, and pushed my shopping cart as
fast as I could before I ended up buying the Apple Jacks and Corn Pops
emblazoned with Indiana Jones cracking his whip!

But then as made my way toward the
bottled water, I saw more Indy, this time on Cheez-It Crackers, again
on sale two boxes for $4.00. Okay, just these. I bravely passed up the
Keebler Chocolate Mint Grasshopper cookies offering the Raiders of
the Lost Ark DVD and head on to finish my shopping.

Almost done, I made my way to the
milk, and there frozen in all its glory, Indiana Jones M&M Ice
Cream Cookie sandwiches. "No more", I shouted; "No more"! Okay, maybe
just one box and then I moved on to the checkout lines. The cashier
looked at my items and said; "you must really like Indiana Jones, huh"
( as if my Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
T-shirt didn't give it away). "Oh are those movies back?" I shrugged,
and made my way out to the car.

After all these food items I wonder if
even Indiana Jones can help me find my waistline?

Posted by Mitchell
Hallock

IndianaJonesShop
has Opened its Doors!

01/04/08, 1:25pm EST

Put
on the coffee or set that alarm because IndianaJonesShop
has opened its doors!

There's limited exclusives, a 10%
discount (for the first 24 hours), and free vintage comic book with
purchases over $100 while supplies last!

Limited exclusives include vintage
theatrical posters pulled from Lucasfilm's archives, the bronze-plated
Indy on horseback statue, signed books and much more at IndianaJonesShop!

Posted by Gilles V

Mail-away Indy
Search Light Offer on Eggo Waffles

01/04/08, 6:24pm EST

If
last
week's trip to the "Temple of Food" wasn't tempting enough for the
taste buds and deadly to the waistline, I went back for more (in
reality, my wife called and told me we were out of milk). I raced
through the aisles in my attempt to avoid the Indiana Jones and
the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull food tie-ins but came to a
screeching halt at the freezer case. There in front of me was something
that was somewhat nutritional and actually usable. Emblazoned on the
boxes of Kellogg's Eggo Buttermilk Waffles was an offer for an "Indiana
Jones Search Light", and like last week this was a special; three boxes
for $5.00.

Like an ancient Siren's call it lured
me towards it with promises to "track down the fun" and "shed light on
any action packed adventure", best of all it was just $3.99 with one
Indy Token. So somehow it fell into my cart and into our freezer. As I
explained to my wife when I returned and she rolled her eyes at the
sight of the Eggos, this was something we can actually use someday.

And before she could answer the lights
went out!

At 9:45pm Sunday evening the lights in
the neighborhood went out, just like they did in Cairo when Howard
Carter opened King Tut's tomb in 1923. Was it the curse of the "crystal
skull" reeking havoc on the town of Trumbull? As we sat in the dark, I
said that if only we had an Indiana Jones Search Light things would be
different. She opened the kitchen cabinet and found another flashlight
and said "C'mon genius, it's time for bed".

Today's
junk food excursion into morbid obeseity was at the local
pharmacy/store known as Walgreens where one of the specials of the week
was a $1.50 off two bags of 10.5 to 14 oz. of Mars Candy bags...
featuring what else... Indiana Jones.

There was the new "mint Crisp" green
variety of M&Ms, along side the traditional regular and peanut
covered treats featuring Indiana Jones "Art-facts" on the bag. The bags
are also promoting the website mms.com where on the bag of the bag, but at the
time of this writing there is no Indy related material.. yet.

Anyway, I think I will roll over to
the convenience store later and see if I can wash these chocolate
babies down with some Indy Dr. Pepper. If this keeps up I will have to
purchase three movie tickets on May 22nd to fit my fat asp!

The
latest additions to the Indiana Jones Shop include three fantastic
illustrations part of a new series of limited edition fine art
lithographs created by "some stellar talent"! These three illustrations
are:

Especially note the great animated "Escaping the Tomb" take of a classic Raiders
scene! If its stunning style looks familiar but you can't exactly
remember where you've seen it before, scroll up and at the top of this
page you will see an earlier Indy illustration by the same talented
artist; Patrick Schoenmaker!

"Escaping
the Tomb" by Patrick Schoenmaker.

And here follows a quote by
IndianaJonesShop.com: "This piece makes you wish
we could see a fully-animated Indy adventure!"

Click
here to view more Indiana Jones artwork by Patrick Schoenmaker. And
be sure to have a look at Patrick's Indiana Jones Heritage sketch
cards!

Posted by Gilles V

Sideshow's Premium
Format Indiana Jones Teaser

05/04/08, 8:59am EST

Sideshow Collectibles had a great start with their
12-inch Indiana Jones figure, that even had the exclusive version of
only 1500 dell out in an hour, is teasing fans with word of the Premium
Format 1/4 scale Indy figure.

All we see is a glimpse of what is to come -- so keep your eyes
peeled!

Print ads showing the new Indiana Jones 3 3/4" and Adventure Heroes
figures are appearing in magazines and online and Hasbro is giving fans
a chance to have the new figures - in desktop
format. The Hasbro/Indy website
has two variations of the print ads that can be saved as wallpaper --
so you can look at your new plastic treasures before you have them "in
your hand"!

Jedidefender.com has posted some of the Hasbro
Toys Q&A where they talked about the upcoming Indiana Jones
exclusive Mighty Mugg that will be out in July at the San Diego
ComicCon. It is certainly unusual and while the actual number has yet
to be released one knows that these will be on every Indy fans must
have list!

Brandon
Kleyla, director of the soon to be premiered (at the Newport Beach Film
Fest on April 27th) Indyfans and the Quest for Fortune and Glory,
got a close-up look at Sideshow Collectibles new 1/4 scale Indiana
Jones figure on a recent tour of their California facilities. These
stills from the Indyfans film show Brandon giving the new Indy a
once-over and from what he saw, Brandon added; "This
is a piece that EVERY Indy fan must own"!

From what we can see, Brandon, we
agree with you -- now if only we can sell a few museum pieces and other
bits of treasure lying around to afford all of these Indy collectibles
heading our way!

Dark Horse has revealed the cover art for the
second issue of their Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods
mini series on their website. This second cover was created by amazing
comic artist Tony Harris who also created the first cover for the Tomb
of the Gods series.

Here follow the details for the second issue of the Tomb of the Gods mini
series:

Indiana Jones continues to uncover
clues that point to a discovery unlike any other while his enemies
attempt to silence him forever in part two of Indiana Jones and the
Tomb of the Gods!

For Dr. Henry Jones Jr., impossible
odds and death-defying escapes are all in a day's work, but when rumors
of an ancient artifact of unthinkable power prove to be more than
simply legend, Hitler's legions of evil redouble their efforts to
destroy the do-good Professor Jones before he foils their ambitions for
global domination once again!

Hitch a ride with the world's
greatest archeologist for a journey of maximum excitement!

Know
how to escape a snake pit? Drag under a truck? Avoid the "wrath of
God"? If there answer to any of these questions is no, do we have a
book for you! Presenting The Indiana Jones Handbook by Denise
Kiernan and Joseph D'Agnese from Quirk Books due in May. StarWars.com is giving Indyfans a peak at this
"how to" guide on being Indy albeit with a sense of humor.

Timed to coincide with the movie
release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,
this handbook has step-by-step instructions, helpful diagrams and
full-color photography from all of the Indiana Jones films. The handy
guide also includes fun sidebars about Dr. Jones' experiences from the
films and real-life tidbits about archaeology.
The book is broken down into various chapters to help you find answers
to your most pending adventurer questions. If you need to quickly
survive being poisoned or perhaps brush up on bullwhip basics, go to
Chapter 1: Expedition Essentials. Get a few pointers on how to run on
top of a moving train or escape quicksand in Chapter 2: Getting Around.
Chapter 3: People Skills comes in handy when you've been tied up or
need to win a fistfight. Handle tarantulas, snakes and rats like a pro
thanks to Chapter 4: The Animal Kingdom. For the beginner archaeologist
Chapter 5: On-site Skills has useful information on how to locate a
lost site and then excavate it. Break a zombie curse and escape the
wrath of God thanks to Chapter 6: Supernatural Skills.

Take a look for yourself as well as
see some of the books sketches at StarWars.com.

StarWars.com has just let us all know about a
funny way to look at the world of Indiana Jones with Indiana Jones
Mad-Libs:

Also in the works is an
Indiana Jones Mad Libs book that includes stories and dialog from all
four movies including Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull.

Creating a Mad Libs story is easy.
Each story has key exclamations, adverbs, nouns and adjectives missing.
The writer selects words at random to fill in the blanks for a
hilarious new story! Write stories on your own, or make it a game with
a friend.

Both Star Wars Mad Libs
and Indiana Jones Mad Libs books are written by Roger Price and Leonard
Stern, and are published by Price Stern Sloan, the Young Readers
Division of Penguin Group. Indiana Jones Mad Libs is due in stores May
2008, while Star Wars Mad Libs hits the shelves September
2008.

Well,
as I have been chronicling my Indy food finds of late, I thought you
would like to see this week's passages from my junk food journal... and
the cruel ending it had in store for me...

DAY 1: The riddle
of "Puzzle boxes, Indy reading and a light up adventure spoon"!

I have shared my shopping excursions
for Indy related materials and my fears of becoming an Indiana Jabba
from all the Indy snacks (note on this week's spree I bought the
"low-fat" Club crackers). Well, this time I am learning some restraint
and looking at the value of some of these items, and to justify it to
my wife, what extra value can be found in these purchases beyond a few
calories and some nutrition.

PUZZLES
The back of cereal boxes have been providing kids (and adults)
substantial reading material over breakfast for years. While not in the
same category as The New York Times of Wall Street Journal, these
cardboard periodicals have provided food for thought and provided a
wall shielding the annoying brother and/or sister for decades. With
Indy about to return, adventurers fueling up for a busy day can start
to prepare for a quest with some amusing games. On the back of the
Indiana Jones cereals that I have found (Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies, Corn
Pops, Apple Jacks and Frosted Flakes) there have been a variety of
puzzles to entertain the brain while eating. One can enjoy the
challenge of an Akator Maze from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the
Crystal Skull, Crack Indy's Code with a cryptogram, or outmaneuver an
opponent in the "Floor of Fate" connecting game. There are also some
trivia questions bound to make any Indy fan roll their eyes at the
simplicity. These puzzles are also on the ice cream boxes (M&M
Cookie sandwiches) if you are "Jonesin' for adventure" with a
"whip-crackin word find" and some more trivia.

USEFUL UTENSILS

Now, I mentioned the Eggo Waffle mail
away offer for an "adventure Indiana Jones search light" that may come
in handy if you are stuck in the dark. Well, if you can't wait to for
the mail to bring you some light, try boxes of Kellogg's Apple Jack's
for a light-up, Indiana Jones adventure spoon! Coming in red, yellow
and green, these babies will light the way if you find yourself eating
in the dark. The spoons also come etched with Indy symbols from the
upcoming film, from a skull, ant and the ever dangerous snake (being a
super-smart guy, I naturally pulled a yellow light crystal skull spoon
that bathed me in supreme intelligence as I munched my cereal). So
there are two reasons why these Indy items are good for you! In
addition, my fellow Indyfan, Brandon, let me know that you can get an
Indiana Jones Canteen Offer on the back of Kellogg's Pop-Tarts! See,
the value of all this! Food! A Spoon to eat the food! And a canteen to
wash it all down!

MAGAZINES

What would a trip to the store be
without a browse down the magazine aisle, this week you can find
several Indy-related periodicals. We have Harrison Ford gracing the
cover of Mens Journal and National Geographic Adventure in both he he
touches on his return to his most famous screen character (here's a
hint - it isn't the Russian sub captain in K-19). And you can
still read my letter to the editor in Vanity Fair's April issue on
George Lucas's comments about Indy fans (I know - its a shameless plug
for me). Now I have reading materials! This Indy buying spree is
becoming more well-rounded (as am I).

FIBER
Now, it may be the "gears" and not the mileage if you don't keep your
body running right, don't worry Indy has that all taken care off. The
Indiana Jones DVD Mail-in Offer for a copy of Raiders of the Lost
Ark, is on boxes of Frosted Mini-Wheats, Raisin Bran Crunch and
Nutri-Grain Bars, Indy fans can rest easy knowing their colons will be
rolling like a giant boulder and clearing the way of any unwanted waste
products thanks to the off-worldly powers of "fiber". 'Nuff said on
that subject.

DAY TWO: A trip to
the candy counter and worse!

GETTING GAS
The chip in my back molar became something of a problem the day after
my Indy Shopping Spree. What was an annoyance was now getting painful
-- and munching on some Indy peanut M&Ms wasn't the smartest thing
to do. So I went in for a dental check-up and heard those dreaded
words... decay... and worse ROOT CANAL! As I await my impending dentist
appointment and a root canal, I thought I would show what was at the
corner gas station -- a yes, more Indy snacks. Always one to put his
pain aside in a quest for a story and news for Indyfans, I bought these
M&Ms and Snickers emblazoned with the image of Indiana Jones and
art-facts on the back. These tidbits of wisdom include, "Indiana Jones
was named after George Lucas's dog, Indiana", startling revelation I
know loyal readers, but the truth (or tooth) is out there!

Anyway, I am going to get shot (with
novocaine) so be on the lookout for more snacks and brush well
afterwards! There is more Indy items out there; Dr. Pepper, Indy cereal
and the fabled Indy Bacon Burger King Whopper.

Oh yes, the adventure will continue...
ouch!

Posted by Mitchell
"Super-Size Me" Hallock

Hasbro Unveils
Wave 3 of The Indy Action Figure Line

17/04/08, 3:41pm EST

Hasbro will be delivering with their 3rd wave of
Indiana Jones action figures items that Indyfans have been waiting for
for almost twenty years -- Last Crusade figures!

Starting with an amazing depiction of
young Indiana Jones (the late River Phoenix), this detailed figure of
Indy as he is about to be transformed into a treasure hunter is
incredible with its resemblance to the on-screen actor who inspired it.
Equally impressive in detail is Dr. Henry Jones, the Grail Knight,
Elsa, and the the evil Nazi, Vogel! The line also includes new Indy
figures as well!

Added to the already announced line
from Raiders, the Crystal Skull, Indyfans can only hope
for the Temple of Doom line to keep this tradition of
excellence going! Speaking of Temple, the line of Adventure
Heroes featuring Indy, Mola Ram, Short Round and Willie have also
surfaced. Though cartoon-ish in style, the line is also a dream come
true to Indy collectors.

Look for all these new Hasbro figures
to hit in May and then during the summer.

As
I got off the train ready for the show wearing my Indiana Jones lapel
pin, I wondered if I would see any Indyfans today at the Comic Con. It
was a good sign as I got of Grand Central Station door in New York City
and there before me was a double-decker tour bus going by with its
sides showing Drew Struzan's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the
Crystal Skull artwork all over it. Indiana Jones was about to take
the Big Apple and the entire world by storm in about a month!

COMICS
I headed off to the Jacob Javits Center for the the 3rd annual Comic
Con NYC, to see what was new in the comics and movie world, but more
for the latter as I hooped there would be plenty of Indy related
material and I was right! As soon as I walked in I saw the Dark Horse
Comics booth showing off all their latest and writers John Jackson
Miller and Rob Williams, talking Star Wars, but they were
also the authors of the forthcoming Indiana Jones 4
adaptation and Tomb of the Gods miniseries, though at this
point in time they cannot discuss the particulars of their Indy
assignments. I did bump into the Dark Horse Comics owner, Michael
Richardson and thanked him for keeping Indy going in the pages of his
comic books after Indy rode off into the sunset in 1989. Mike confessed
being a huge fan of both comics and movies (noting that Dark Horse
itself has produced some 25 films; including the great Don Rickles
documentary to date with more on the way) and LOVING Raiders of
the Lost Ark, saying it is on of the GREATEST movies ever made! I
asked if there would be more Indiana Jones comics to come after the
miniseries Tomb of the Gods and he said they will see how
fans react, and he hopes to keep bringing more out and possibly a
monthly Indiana Jones series!

GENTLE GIANT
Across the aisle from Dark Horse, Gentle Giant was displaying their
Indy mini busts, statues, paperweights and new Indy "bust-ups". The new
prototypes that hadn't been finalized (and a polite note not to
photograph them) were on display as well -- and fans will love them!
The Temple of Doom Indy minbust looks amazing! Indy figures
of him and his Dad and more. I also learned that Gentle Giant did a 3D
scan of Harrison Ford's face on location during Crystal Skull,
so future offerings will be an exact duplicate if the man with the hat!
But the best was the NY ComicCon Exclusive Indy Paperweight based on
the "Property of Dr. Jones" teaser poster, there were three versions of
what 'treasure " was inside. I picked #70 of 3,000 and was rewarded
with the Idol and a tablet with the R2 and C-3PO hieroglyphic, while my
friend John got the one with the Grail and Sankara Stones. I bumped
into Dan Curto from Rebelscum and Cool Toy Review and he opened his to
find a crystal skull. For $35.00 each they were a cool little item to
have and the packaging was great too -- each crate also had 3 rubber
snakes and the contents had magazines in them showing a copy of LIFE
and a newspaper headline saying Nazis had discovered rockets? Later in
the day, I met Star Wars Super-Collector and Lucasfilm's
Content Manager and Director of Fan Relations as he was in line buying
an Indy Paperweight and admitting that he was an Indyfan as well and to
check out his presentation on Saturday for Indy/Star Wars news!

KOTOBUKIYA
A trip to the Kotobukiya booth to see the ARTFX Cinescene of Indy in
the Raiders temple. These statues combine several key scenes in the
movie into one statue (I even made a video of it on my camera as it
spun around). At there booth a rep named Frank, told me three other
scene statues were coming soon, from TOD, LC, and KOTCS. He described
the Crusade one as combining Indy on horse, the tank going
over the cliff, the Grail knight and Indy's Dad all in one statue.
There will be other great molds as well as some amazing Indy products
that will be available in Japan. There will be some cool new images of
these unique looking Japanese Indy figures in the coming days.

BOOKS
Many book publishers were there from The Indiana Jones Handbook (GREAT
BOOK - by the way), to Indy Sticker Albums and the Lost Journal of
Indiana Jones that will all be out in just a few weeks!

ARTISTS
I went to "Artist Alley" and bumped into Tommy Lee Edwards who had just
finished his Topps Indy Sketch Cards and had many Indiana Jones
drawings in his portfolio that were originally done as part of the Indy
DVD box set but were never used, he also confessed as to naming his son
Henry after Indiana Jones. Down the aisle to get an autograph from the
great comic artist, Alex Ross, who as it turns out to be a huge Indy
fan as well and his wife said they even named their dog, a Yellow
Labrador, Indiana (and here I thought only we did that with our dog).

INDYFANS
But the best thing at the show this year were the amazing amount of
Indiana Jones fans in costume. Everywhere I looked I saw, Indys,
Marions, Nazis, Henry Jones Sr., even Short Round (rather taller than I
remembered) and little kids running up to the Indy's and hugging them
and getting pictures! I stopped and talked to some and they all said
how they can't wait to see Indy back! Man of the folks were also Star
Wars 501st Stormtroopers, Jedis and Slave Leias who hung up their
light sabres and metal bikinis (the girls that is) to get into the Indy
Spirit by dressing up. So a big hi to all the Indyfans and TheRaider.net
readers; AJ Locascio, Tim Chung, Jim Tripp, Mr. Coniverse, SparrowParty
and all the rest!

Best of all, there was Bryan Morton,
who usually portrays Anakin Skywalker, and was handpicked by George
Lucas himself to be Anakin in the 2007 Rose Bowl Parade march wearing
his fedora and leather jacket. Bryan even did a Harrison Ford chin scar
to get the costume accurate! Indys to left of me, Indys to the right of
me -- I was in a see of Indiana Jones fans -- and it was COOL!

Off to bed, but I will be back with
more news and images from the 2nd Day at the New York ComicCon!

Indyfan
and Lego enthusiast Chris Perly who wrote the review of the Indy Lego
sets in December sent me an email about finding and then losing the new
Crystal Skull sets that
apparently weren't ready for sale just yet!

Hey, Mitchell.

I found 3 of the 4 CS Lego sets at
my local Wal-Mart today. Took them to the register, where they rang up
as "Cannot Sell". The cashier told me they had been recalled, and I
said I found that hard to believe. I talked to the Cust Serv manager,
and she told me they were probably put out too soon, and she cannot
override the computer. She wasn't able to tell me when they would be
released. My buddy Shane had the same experience at another Wal-Mart.

Both in Orange County, CA

That stinks, Chris - its like finding
your Christmas presents in November! Oh well, they will be yours soon
enough!

The
folks at Dr. Pepper have started running there newest campaign
featuring every one's favorite college professor -- where you can win
one of 23 trips, T-shirts, movie tickets, Burger King food and more --
head on over to their
site for more details and good luck!

My
second day at the New York City ComicCon was off to a great start, it
was a beautiful spring day, the streets were filled with with people,
vendors on every corner selling popcorn, pretzels and even Pope
pennants (he was in town, but not for the ComicCon). Today at the Con
was going to be more movie focused with presentations on Hellboy 2,
Hulk 2, Frank Miller's The
Spirit and best of all Steve Sansweet from Lucasfilm would be
there to talk Star Wars and Indiana Jones!

INDYS
As like the previous day there were many Indyfans in costume, I talked
with them about everything Indy from films to costuming. There are
still those generational divisions when it comes to which film is the
best, with younger fans (16 - 24) loving Temple of Doom, (25
- 34) it's Last Crusade and fans over 35 it is Raiders
of the Lost Ark. Yet they all agree on one thing -- they can't
wait for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
and that they want more Indy adventures (so bring on Indy 5 & 6)! A
quick tip of the fedora to Rodrigo, Kent and all the other Indys in
costume!

INDY CARDS AND ARTISTS
Strolling around "artist alley" where all the artist are set up for
fans to get autographs, prints, sketches and original comic art, I did
a double take when I saw a business card bearing familiar art. I saw
the image that is very familiar to TheRaider.net, the
cartoonish style Indiana Jones with Short Round art, I looked at the
name on the card done in Raiders-style type and it was none
other than DENNIS BUDD! Dennis was there promoting his latest project
Model Operandi, but we talked about his work with Indiana Jones and he
even had some beautiful watercolor Indy portrait cards he had done. If
you like what Dennis has done on TheRaider.net, you should
see his other great pieces at www.mechanicalpencil1138.com.
There were more Indy Topps sketch card artist in the crowds including
Jeff Chandler who did the great series of sketch cards depicting Raiders
of the Lost Ark scene for scene! Jeff said he had so much fun he
didn't have time to do Temple of Doom cards, but he does have
more great work coming in the Crystal Skull set. Jeff even
posted some of his work on The
Raven a few months back if you wanted to see this great line of
Indy art. Indy artist were everywhere from Jim Kyle, Mark Brooks and
Brian Kong. I hope somewhere down the road Topps collects all of these
tiny treasures into an Indy book for fans to see. Speaking of Topps
they were handing out an Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the
Crystal Skull card at the show (#P4). I asked why there was no
Allison Doody autograph card in the Indy Heritage cards that had
everyone form George Lucas to Vic Tablian (Monkey Man and Barranca),
and the answer was, they just couldn't find her. So, Allison Doody if
you are reading this - call Topps or maybe Official Pix so Indyfans can
complete their autograph collection!

LUCASFILM PRESENTATION
Sitting in the IGN Theater at the Jacob Javitts Center, I was in a sea
of stormtroopers, Jedi and Indiana Joneses and everyone was excited.
When Steve Sansweet came onstage to thunderous applause to introduce
clips from the new Star Wars cartoon The Clone Wars
the crowd went crazy. He talked about the new Star Wars game The
Force Unleashed as well as the Star Wars Robot Chicken
DVD, but when he mentioned Indiana Jones the applause increased
tenfold. We saw a trailer for the young Indy DVD set, which was due to
have its third box set coming out on April 28th, Sansweet mentioned the
original Indy trilogy coming out on May 13th, the trailer for Indiana
Jones the Lego Video Game, and then showed the Kingdom of the
Crystal Skull trailer that was released back in February. The
sweetest thing Sansweet showed was the new book by J.W. Rinzler
covering the complete history of Indiana Jones. He held up a copy of
the book, but unfortunately it would not be available until May when
the movie came out. There wasn't one of the three thousand fans in that
room that didn't have a quick thought about rushing the stage and
trying to swipe the book from his hands but seeing armor clad
stormtroopers everywhere gave us all a second thought.

Leaving the Jacob Javitts Center and
heading uptown, I started seeing more fedoras in the crowds. I turned
to the gentleman next to me wearing a black fedora, only to see it was
legendary comic book artist/writer (and now movie director) Frank
Miller! What a day, I not only got my Indy fix, but had the chance to
walk and talk with one of my favorite authors about 300, The
Spirit, movies, comics and even get an autograph! I wondered to
myself what would a Frank Miller version of Indiana Jones be like...
definitely more gun play and blood!

Steve Sansweet presenting the Complete Making of Indy book.
- photo by Mike from The
RPF

Indy Art from Jim Kyle

Jeff Chandler

The work of Jeff Chandller

Kent McKee as Indy

Rodrigo Pellegrini as Indy or Hamlet?

Birthday Greetings
from Indiana Jones

24/04/08, 2:19pm EST

Hallmark card.

What better way to mark the passage of time than with an Indiana Jones
birthday card from hallmark. Peering out amongst the rack of Snoopy,
Transformers, Superman,
Spider-Man and the rest were the
faces of Indy and Mutt. With the phrase 'Adventure awaits you at every
turn, Birthday Boy!' the recipient can open up the card to help Indy
through a maze and discover some treasure and earn his hat and
bullwhip. If you do not do a great job you get solace in knowing that
you should 'take heart, rookie. You're alive - and there's always next
time!'

Personally, I am waiting for the card
that shows Indy saying 'Come on Genius' on the front and open it to
find him with a cake with candles and saying 'Hurry up and blow out the
candles or you'll melt your face'! With Toht's melting face! Oh well...

After seeing the various M&M's candies showing up for weeks as
well as magazine ads, it was only natural that the online game
tie-in begins as well.

Selecting which trait to use (Speed,
Skill, etc), the player takes an onscreen M&M's Indy on a quest
through a temple maze to find the long lost Mint flavored M&M's!
Feeling up for the challenge? Well be a candy coated chocolate hero and
roll over to mms.com!

Official
Pix is announcing that they will soon be stocking new images for sale
from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull!On their site they have announced:

New Indiana Jones IV Photos
At Blockbuster
Our good friends at Blockbuster have secured four new EXCLUSIVE Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull images from Official pix.
These very cool IJ4 images have been packaged in a special debossed IJ
logo 11x14 inch mat and will be available in some 4500 stores
nationwide in limited quantities. If you are a IJ collector, don't miss
them when they hit the shelves May 1st!

New Indiana Jones IV
Photos Coming
We are happy to announce that on May 1st Official Pix will introduce 25
new 8x10 inch licensed Indiana Jones IV images for sale online.
Customers who do not want to see spoilers before the film should
definitely stay away as many of the images are very revealing!

Throwmetheidol.com
has just put up a picture of a store display for Dr. Pepper and the
Indiana Jones "Explore" promotion and it is a duesie! It has inflatable
planes, life size cut-outs of Indiana Jones, temple like displays
holding cans of Dr. Pepper. Remember, this promotion also features
images depicting the major players in Indy's latest adventures in the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull. Throwmetheidol.com also has posted the images
of the cans as well. I wouldn't mind having some of these for my
collection - the cardboard displays of Indy, that is! The cans will be
popping up at stores any day and as we reported the online Indy game is
already underway.

The folks at Burger King are serving up a Kid's Meal toy that is the
first of its kind for Indy fans! While there was Temple of Doom
glasses in the 80s, a toy with a meal has never happened until now!

Throwmetheidol.com has posted a flyer depicting
the eight toys that will be in bags once the current Iron Man promotion
ends. From Motorcycling' Mutt to Mine Car Indy and Boulder Chasing Indy
the set covers all of Indy's big screen adventures. Though I am
disappointed in the lack of exploding Belloq head but this set is sure
to be highly prized and high in calories type of chase for any Indy
fan.

ThrowMeTheIdol.com offers us a first look at the
upcoming playing card products by Cartamundi. Playing cards company Cartamundi will be producing some excellent
quality playing cards for both the original Indiana Jones trilogy as
well as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Visit ThrowMeTheIdol.com for a first look at the various
Indiana Jones playing cards sets to be released.

Posted by Gilles V

Gentle Giant Indy
Web Offering of 2008 Exclusives

29/04/08, 4:28pm EST

For those of you not lucky to attend the New York City Comic Con, Gentle Giant
is offering you a chance to get the Indy exclusive paperweight.

This email from Gentle Giant arrived
with details:

We know that you have been patiently
awaiting the web sales of the Gentle Giant Convention Exclusives
recently available at the 2008 New York Comic Con. Tentatively; we are
looking to put the following items up on the web, this Friday, May 2nd.

Indiana Jones Artifact
Crate Paperweight (3 collections) $35 each
Each crate features a detachable magnetic whip and fedora, a removable
crate lid and rubber snakes.
Collections are randomly packed; therefore we cannot guarantee the
contents of each crate ordered. Every crate is specific to one of three
artifact collections. Collection 1 includes: the Golden Idol and Well
of Souls hieroglyphics Tablet. Collection 2 includes: the Sankara
Stones and Holy Grail Cup. Collection 3 includes the Crystal Skull.

Tom Bombadil Mini Bust $55
each
The elusive character from the Lord of the Rings literature has been
brought to life by our Gentle Giant artisans. Tom Bombadil is based on
designs from WETA and the Lord Of the Rings trilogy.

Fred & George Weasley
Mini Bust (2 pack) $90 for 2 pack
Fred offers a treat from their Skiving Snackboxes while George laughs
hysterically on the side lines.

These items will be limited to One
per Premier Guild Member. ALL duplicate orders will be cancelled. Items
will be available on a first come first serve basis. If you have any
questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Customer
Service at customerservice@gentlegiantstudios.com
(please use "CONVENTION EXCLUSIVE INQUIRY" in the subject line) or you
may phone 818.504.3555

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